Police Officer Involved Domestic Violence.
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Monday, April 18, 2011

A Seattle police sergeant [Scott Moss] was arrested April 3 on suspicion of drinking and driving, his second such arrest in six years...

HIS SECOND "SUCH" ARREST? THAT MEANS HIS SECOND DUI ARREST - NOT COUNTING HIS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ARREST IN 2009. DURING HIS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ARREST THE OFFICER SAID MOSS SMELLED OF ALCOHOL - THE COMMON DENOMINATOR.

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[WA] Seattle Officer Moss arrested again - this time for assaulting, cutting wife- ...He is accused of assaulting his wife... Moss' wife told them Moss had held her wrists during an argument and cut her hand with a kitchen knife... On April 2 [2005] around 2 a.m., a trooper stopped Officer Scott Moss, who was driving 10 mph over the 35-mph speed limit on Kitsap Way, just outside the Bremerton city limits... The trooper noticed signs of alcohol use...

SEATTLE POLICE OFFICER ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF DUI: A Seattle police sergeant was arrested April 3 on suspicion of drinking and driving, his second such arrest in six years.

Seattle Times

By Sara Jean Green

Sunday, April 17, 2011

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[Excerpts] A Seattle police sergeant was arrested April 3 on suspicion of drinking and driving, his second such arrest in six years. Sgt. Scott Moss was driving north on Interstate 405 near Newcastle when he was pulled over at 5:05 a.m., said Trooper Cliff Pratt... [Blood alcohol content] tests weren't performed until well over 1 ½ hours after Moss' arrest, though the reason for the delay was not immediately known. "He did identify himself as a police officer," Pratt said. "Throughout the whole thing Scott was courteous and polite, and toward the end of it he was apologetic for the situation." Moss, who is assigned to the West Precinct, was taken to the Issaquah City Jail for processing, then released to a Seattle police commander, Pratt said. Police spokesman Sgt. Sean Whitcomb confirmed that the department's Office of Professional Accountability has opened an investigation as a result of the arrest. Moss has not been reassigned and continues to work as a patrol sergeant, he said. Moss was arrested in 2005 in Bremerton on investigation of DUI, a charge later amended to first-degree negligent driving. After his arrest, Moss was removed from his job as a department spokesman. In March 2009, Moss was charged with second-degree assault... A King County Superior Court jury acquitted Moss of that charge... [Full article here]